In the past year, the Goguryeo people were killed by the Turks in Liaodong, and they basically lost their ownership of Liaodong.
Ashina Duowen was not as "merciful" as Yang Guang. Wherever the Turks went, they killed Goguryeo officials and generals, turning everyone into slaves of the Turks. If they disagreed, they would be killed.
Needless to say, the brutality of the northern nomadic peoples, even though Ashina Duowen had a longer-term plan and did not want to kill everyone.
But from the moment the Turkic tribes set foot on the enemy's land, their ferocity and wildness were difficult to contain.
To the Turks, massacre is as normal as eating and drinking.
Killing all adult men and raping (harmonizing) and humiliating their wives and daughters is the most common practice among grassland tribes.
To be honest, the Turks are more civilized than the Huns, Rourans, and their successors, but the nature of the steppe tribes is difficult to change.
After they defeated Goguryeo's effective forces, they wreaked havoc in the Liaodong area. Ashina's Khan's order could not prevent his subordinates from venting their violent emotions.
Massacre and enslavement have become themes there. Compared with the Sui army back then, the Turks were obviously much more barbaric.
The Turkic cavalry waved bloody swords and moved back and forth, turning Liaodong into their hunting ground.
The Khitan, Mohe and other northeastern tribes followed the Turks like hyenas, eating the Turks' leftovers and showing a ferocious smile of satisfaction.
When the Turks defeated the Goguryeo reinforcements and their figures began to appear unscrupulously on the banks of the Yalu River, the Goguryeo people finally panicked.
Just like when hundreds of thousands of Sui troops marched by the river, this time no one dared to cross the river to talk to the Turks, leaving behind a mess of poems.
Because the envoys sent out before did not even see Ashina Duowen, they had their heads chopped off, and the heads were hung on the wooden poles by the river by the Turks.
Only two servants were able to return to the south bank. They sent a message to the King of Goguryeo on behalf of the Turks, asking him to surrender quickly. If it was too late, the Turks would cross the river and attack Pyongyang City.
The Goguryeo people were a little aggrieved. They felt that the treacherous Turks were indeed not as classy as the Sui people. They actually killed the envoys and were unwilling to surrender to them?
So everyone misses the Sui emperor who respected the Goguryeo state very much.
It’s just that the Sui Dynasty was dead, and Goguryeo’s “protector god” was hanged in the Jiangdu Palace.
But with the rise of the Tang Dynasty in the Sui Dynasty, the Goguryeo people seemed to have seen some glimmer of hope.
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In early March of the sixth year of Yuanzhen in the Tang Dynasty, Goguryeo sent an envoy to cross the Huishui River, which is also known as the Datong River among the Silla people, and met with King Wu Du Fuwei.
Goguryeo's idea was simple: to surrender to the Tang Dynasty in exchange for help from the Tang Dynasty.
They feel that everyone now has a common enemy to deal with, and that is the Turks. Although we defeated you before, that was many years ago.
I think the Tang State will not avenge the Sui State and come to cause trouble for us, so why not put aside the grudges? You see, I have already planned to surrender to you, why don't you help your brother?
Of course, I won’t argue with you about the fact that you destroyed Baekje without my consent. I also hope that you can be wiser and know who is our real enemy...
The Goguryeo envoy played with his lips in front of Du Fuwei. This set of tactics for dealing with the Sui Dynasty was passed down and almost confused Du Fuwei.
This guy who came out of the war in the late Sui Dynasty actually wanted to hang the head of the visitor by the river like the Turks did, but the identity of the Goguryeo envoy still made him have some scruples.
So they sent an envoy across the sea. Go and speak to the emperor and see if he can allow you to survive?
Du Fuwei has a lot to do here, and he doesn't want to waste time on this kind of thing.
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At this time, the fleet at sea was a little nervous. Li Jing was gathering the Japanese, starting from Fusang, and sent them to Jiangdu first, without passing through the peninsula.
This will occupy a large number of sea vessels.
This is what Li Jing wrote to him in the winter.
The population of the Japanese country was not large, only a few hundred thousand at most, so Li Jing divided the Japanese into small groups.
All the natives on the island were included in the relocation, regardless of gender, old or young, and they were all transported to the Central Plains. As for how the emperor wanted to use these people, Li Jing, as the leader of the army, would not care so much.
There are also foreigners among the Japanese population. Most of them are people of all kinds who crossed the sea from the north to the island, and their origins are very mixed.
Screen these people, some will stay on the island to farm, some will mine mineral deposits, and some can serve as officials and become the hawks and dogs of the Tang Dynasty that govern Fusang.
The main reason was that among these people there were some Miao descendants from the Han Dynasty, and Li Jing thought they could be put to use.
In fact, after roughly dividing the points, he began to prepare to transport the people away. At this time, he did not realize that he was the number one slave trafficker in the Tang Dynasty.
He just wanted to get this done quickly so that the fleet could transport the army north.
The destruction of the Japanese country has basically been completed. There are still some Japanese people hiding in the mountains and forests on the island, especially the several city-states in the south of Zhuzi Island. They are surrounded by mountains and densely forested. It is difficult to destroy them in a short time.
too easy.
There are also those Ezo people. Li Jing asked about them. There were only tens of thousands of Ezo people. They were trapped on the North Island and could not make big waves. It would be a waste of time for the army to make a special trip.
Therefore, "suppressing bandits" will be a long-term task, and the army cannot delay on this matter.
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Li Jing discussed with the generals several times, and everyone was unanimous in their opinions. They all wanted to return to the army as soon as possible. The meaning was very obvious. How much credit could destroying the Japanese country bring? It was better to go back quickly, otherwise we would regret not catching up with the attack on Goguryeo.
It's too late.
The generals are working hard to pursue the pace of the war, and Li Jing is a typical example among them.
In February, as soon as the weather warmed up, Li Jing ordered people to start transporting Japanese people across the sea.
Groups of Japanese were tied up in strings and driven by the soldiers like streams to the seaside to load ships. There was a lot of crying, but few people rose up to resist.
There were many Japanese escorting them, and these people were particularly vicious. Most of the casualties were caused by these guys.
The soldiers of the Tang Dynasty went about their business as usual and watched with cold eyes.
After all, they are not as cruel as the Turks, and they are also bound by military discipline. They are currently engaged in pure warfare. Killing a few people is nothing, but they have no interest in finding fun in the short Japanese.
We are not of the same race at all. In the eyes of the Tang army soldiers, the Japanese just looked like they had grown two legs and were walking upright.
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Ships were coming and going to transport the Japanese to the west. When this was completed, it would be almost April or May, and the Japanese army would have to return to the north...
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